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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    nopCommerce

    Score10 out of 10
    Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
    nopCommerce is an open-source eCommerce solution that is iASP.NET (MVC) based with a MS SQL 2008 (or higher) backend database. The vendor says their shopping cart solution is uniquely suited for merchants that have outgrown existing systems.N/A

    WooCommerce

    Score8.5 out of 10
    N/AWooCommerce is an eCommerce plugin for WordPress, developed by WooThemes (recently acquired by Automattic). Like WordPress, it is designed to be an extendable, adaptable, open-sourced platform. WooCommerce allows merchants to sell physical products, downloadables, or services.

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    Pricing
    nopCommerceWooCommerce
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Woo Enterprise
    Contact Sales
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    nopCommerceWooCommerce
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsIt's an open-source and free productWooCommerce is a free and open-source plugin for WordPress. Merchants can host their WooCommerce store on any private hosting service, or with Automattic directly via WordPress.com. Some added features or services from the WooCommerce Official Marketplace may have one time or subscription pricing.
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    Community Pulse
    nopCommerceWooCommerce
    Considered Both Products
    Nop Solutions, Ltd.
    Chose nopCommerce
    nopCommerce gives us the flexibility to create solutions for our customers that can grow as their business grows. You'll never feel boxed in. The core nopCommerce solution comes with a solid selection of shipping and payment providers, and has a marketplace for a host of …
    Incentivized
    Chose nopCommerce
    NopCommerce offers you more flexibility where it comes to customization and scaling your application. The customization and extension is easy as well as the theme and plugin structure adds a large value to the overall system.
    The API's introduced by nopCommerce makes it more …
    Incentivized
    Chose nopCommerce
    [We have] So many clients moving from Magento, WordPress and other e-commerce shopping carts to nopCommerce because it's free, open source, with a big active community which provides free support 24/7. With nopCommerce you can go live in one day.
    Incentivized
    Automattic
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    No answers on this topic
    96%
    Would buy again
    43 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    No answers on this topic
    96%
    Delivers good value for the price
    43 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    No answers on this topic
    89%
    Happy with the feature set
    40 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
    95%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    37 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    No answers on this topic
    88%
    Implementation went as expected
    36 Answers
    Features
    nopCommerceWooCommerce
    Online Storefront
    Comparison of Online Storefront features of nopCommerce and WooCommerce
    Feature
    nopCommerce
    8.7
    10 Ratings
    11% above category average
    WooCommerce
    8.0
    96 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Product catalog & listings9.110 Ratings8.095 Ratings
    Product management9.110 Ratings8.096 Ratings
    Bulk product upload7.79 Ratings7.278 Ratings
    Branding9.110 Ratings7.383 Ratings
    Mobile storefront9.110 Ratings9.388 Ratings
    Product variations9.19 Ratings8.088 Ratings
    Website integration9.19 Ratings9.596 Ratings
    Visual customization9.19 Ratings7.392 Ratings
    CMS6.89 Ratings7.974 Ratings
    Online Shopping Cart
    Comparison of Online Shopping Cart features of nopCommerce and WooCommerce
    Feature
    nopCommerce
    8.2
    10 Ratings
    7% above category average
    WooCommerce
    6.1
    91 Ratings
    23% below category average
    Abandoned cart recovery8.29 Ratings5.359 Ratings
    Checkout user experience8.110 Ratings6.991 Ratings
    Online Payment System
    Comparison of Online Payment System features of nopCommerce and WooCommerce
    Feature
    nopCommerce
    9.1
    10 Ratings
    8% above category average
    WooCommerce
    8.5
    85 Ratings
    2% above category average
    eCommerce security9.110 Ratings8.585 Ratings
    eCommerce Marketing
    Comparison of eCommerce Marketing features of nopCommerce and WooCommerce
    Feature
    nopCommerce
    8.0
    10 Ratings
    4% above category average
    WooCommerce
    6.4
    94 Ratings
    18% below category average
    Promotions & discounts9.19 Ratings7.591 Ratings
    Personalized recommendations6.49 Ratings5.374 Ratings
    SEO8.610 Ratings6.583 Ratings
    eCommerce Business Management
    Comparison of eCommerce Business Management features of nopCommerce and WooCommerce
    Feature
    nopCommerce
    8.8
    10 Ratings
    9% above category average
    WooCommerce
    7.9
    93 Ratings
    2% below category average
    Multi-site management8.78 Ratings6.747 Ratings
    Order processing9.110 Ratings8.491 Ratings
    Inventory management8.29 Ratings8.290 Ratings
    Shipping9.19 Ratings8.584 Ratings
    Custom functionality9.19 Ratings7.786 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    nopCommerceWooCommerce
    Small Businesses
    Ecwid by Lightspeed
    Score10 out of 10
    Ecwid by Lightspeed
    Score10 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Shopify
    Score8.7 out of 10
    Shopify
    Score8.7 out of 10
    Enterprises
    IBM Digital Commerce
    Score9 out of 10
    IBM Digital Commerce
    Score9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    nopCommerceWooCommerce
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.1
    (10 ratings)
    8.9
    (95 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.0
    (4 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.1
    (12 ratings)
    Support Rating
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    nopCommerceWooCommerce
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Nop Solutions, Ltd.
    nopCommerce is an ideal solution for businesses that want to tailor the customer journey for discovering and purchasing products. The nopCommerce solution is designed to adapt to you, not the other way around. The platform works best when you partner with a solution provider like ourselves. It also works well if you have a team of in-house .NET developers. A one-person shop will likely find less value in a platform like this if they're looking to spin up a small ecommerce site with just a few button clicks.
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    Automattic
    WooCommerce is best suited to customers whose website is built on the WordPress platform, and whose development team has a good understanding of plug-in implementation. If your website is not built on WordPress, but on Laravel or React (or any other non WordPress technology), then WooCommerce is not for you. WooCommerce is also great for customers who just need a simple online shopping experience. If your needs involve more complex or immersive features such as timed discounts, pick up locations, delivery reminders, or post shopping feedback surveys, know that you will need to purchase additional add-ons to make to get these features using WooCommerce set up on WordPress.
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    Nop Solutions, Ltd.
    • As I came from Microsoft .Net technical experience with more than 15 years in IT industry, the nopCommerce .Net based open sourced framework is the best eCommerce framework in terms of architectural perspective - such as incorporating with Entity Framework code first approach, Domain Driven Architecture, using ASP.Net MVC, Unit Testing, ...etc.
    • When my client asked for an eCommerce portal, the whole team was struggling from designing a database to identifying the requirements. nopCommerce has everything we need. All the industrial standard eCommerce features are included. It saves hours of database design, application design and also the client's requirements are easily fit into nopCommerce's features.
    • The cost of nopCommerce- the last time we paid was a $200 one time cost for using the production site. It was ridiculously cost effective. As it is opened source, the whole community is supporting and constantly making this framework better and better.
    • I set up a web site within a week using nopCommerce to sell my own products online. It was so easy to use, deploy, and set up.
    Incentivized
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    Automattic
    • Free base package means I can use it when I need to and not pay for it when I'm not using it
    • I can customize the e-commerce options and integrate the calendar booking
    • Payment processing is quick and easy and I can choose my provider
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    Nop Solutions, Ltd.
    • More community templates would be great.
    • Some of the pricing can be a bit tricky, especially configured items... there is a likelihood of mispriced items with the current structure
    Incentivized
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    Automattic
    • Because of how the Wordpress database is structured, WooCommerce isn't great for large or complex e-commerce sites.
    • More out-of-the-box options would be nice within the base software.
    • Because add-on plugins are developed by 3rd parties, sometimes you get conflicts that break things.
    Incentivized
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Nop Solutions, Ltd.
    No answers on this topic
    Automattic
    Despite very rare glitches, more connected to an excessive number of plugins, that affect the speed of the site, we are extremely satisfied with the platform, the ability to import and export products, even though we just export them, as we have our proprietary system for updating inventories. We love the ease of upgrading, enhancing, innovating, and the freedom we have to do whatever we want, which is a plus, when you consider Shopify can take down your whole store as they please, if they think you aren't abiding to their TOS or their ever changing set of rules.
    Incentivized
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    Usability
    Nop Solutions, Ltd.
    No answers on this topic
    Automattic
    It is built on the Wordpress platform, so there are some quirks compared to a dedicated e-commerce product, but it is very intuitive and easy to use, especially for anyone with Wordpress experience. There are numerous great support articles and learning resources available. Significant customization can be achieved with plugins vs other eCommerce platforms, which may require more custom code and have fewer plugin options.
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    Support Rating
    Nop Solutions, Ltd.
    I have asked numerous questions and the team treats my random questions as if they are critical to the continued success of their product. They really take each users' questions to heart and strive to solve them. I cannot commend them enough on how fast they respond to questions as well as the follow-through given to things thay may or may not even be a part of their platform.
    Incentivized
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    Automattic
    not muh support
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    Implementation Rating
    Nop Solutions, Ltd.
    Go for a plugin based development if you would like to extend nopCommerce. This approach will make it easier for you to upgrade the software.
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    Automattic
    No answers on this topic
    Alternatives Considered
    Nop Solutions, Ltd.
    NopCommerce offers you more flexibility where it comes to customization and scaling your application. The customization and extension is easy as well as the theme and plugin structure adds a large value to the overall system. The API's introduced by nopCommerce makes it more efficient when it comes to integrations and developing a mobile application on top of your eCommerce platform. The customer owns 100% of the source code without any extra fee.
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    Automattic
    We were pretty sure we wanted a WordPress site so that we had more control over the site itself, having been burned by third-party vendor sites before. The fact that WooCommerce integrates so well with WordPress was a big selling point for us. Magento would have been too heavy of a lift for our small dev team and we didn't want to rely on Shopify or BigCommerce (though all of those products could have their merits for other projects or clients).
    Incentivized
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    Return on Investment
    Nop Solutions, Ltd.
    • It has been our sole platform for developing online stores for the last 9 years and our business have been growing year to year.
    • The disadvantage of nopCommerce is that it is not as well known as other competitors, which makes it more difficult to sell.
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    Automattic
    • Positive: low cost to start up, and allowed us to start selling right away.
    • Negative: better plug-ins have a high cost of entry. For example if you want to do subscriptions you need a paid plugin for it.
    • Positive: easily integrates with PayPal and Stripe.
    Incentivized
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    ScreenShots

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    WooCommerce Screenshots

    Screenshot of a single product and description.Screenshot of WooCommerce checkout blocks.Screenshot of WooCommerce settings.Screenshot of WooCommerce product editing.Screenshot of WooCommerce products listing.